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A Rohingya refugee girl washes clothes in Kutupalong camp, Bangladesh. Critics accuse the UN of downplaying Myanmar’s record of human rights abuses and ignoring warning signs of the military-led killings that drove 730,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya to flee into Bangladesh. (Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid) Photo used under CC BY

UN ‘screwed up’ approach to Muslim Rohingya crisis

U.N. officials “screwed up” in Myanmar, aid workers on the ground say, by downplaying human rights abuses and ignoring warning signs of the military-led killings that drove 730,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya to flee.

Al Jazeera

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Rohingya crisis: What life is like inside the world’s largest refugee camp

The Independent

Estonia’s populist right takes aim at journalists

Estonia’s conservative populists have taken aim at their media critics since joining the country’s government. High-profile journalists have quit their jobs as a result, and now warn that press freedom may be in danger.

Deutsche Welle

German far-right group ‘used police data to compile death list’

Guardian

Trump refuses to sign G20 deal on climate

World leaders attending the 2019 G20 summit in Japan agreed to a climate change deal similar to that signed in Argentina in 2018. The U.S., however, again refused to commit.

Deutsche Welle

Indians demand government declare climate emergency

Reuters

UK doctors call for nonviolent action over climate crisis

Guardian

Ethiopia reforms spark ethnic tension, violence

In Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ambitious series of reforms—which include freeing political prisoners and appointing women to half his cabinet posts—has revealed ethnic tensions and sparked violence.

BBC

US sanctions block access to medicine in Iran

While the U.S. has insisted that sanctions are not targeting the Iranian people and their ability to purchase medicine, credible accounts from regular Iranians desperately searching for medicine online tell a very different story.

Asia Times Online

China state media extends its reach into Africa

Chinese state television is gaining influence in Africa. But while the media outlets involved officially claim their journalism is independent, workers for these outlets tell a different story.

Spiegel International

HUMAN RIGHTS

As lake dries, Malawi women trade sex for fish

A large portion of Lake Chilwa in Malawi dries out every year, and the fishing industry disappears along with it. If women aren’t able to make sales and pay for the fish, transactional sex is a longstanding, social norm.

NPR

Aceh’s Islamic Sharia law violates human rights

Aceh, a province on the northern tip of Sumatra, is one of Indonesia’s most religiously conservative areas, and is the only part of the archipelago to impose penalties on its residents under Islamic Sharia law.

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Malaysia to legalize drug use to battle addiction

Malaysia plans to drop criminal penalties for the possession and use of drugs in small quantities to battle addiction, but stressed the move is not akin to legalizing narcotics.

Associated Press

UAE scales back military forces in Yemen

The United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is scaling back its military presence there as U.S.-Iran tensions threaten security closer to home, a news report says.

Al Jazeera

‘War with Iran would be a colossal mistake.’ Lawmakers push to block military strike

USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Survey shows nations that trust scientists most

Nearly three-quarters of people worldwide solidly trust scientists: That’s one of the main findings of the Wellcome Global Monitor survey that asked 140,000 people across 140 countries how they feel about health and science.

Science

‘Mystical’ psychedelic compound found in brain

For the first time, a team led by Michigan Medicine has discovered the widespread presence of naturally-occurring dimethyltryptamine (DMT) responsible for psychedelic visions, in the mammalian brain.

Medical Xpress

Could magic mushrooms replace anti-depressants?

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Global opioid use rises as US crisis grows

According to U.N.’s latest World Drug Report, up to 53 million people are estimated to have used opioids globally in 2017, an increase of 56 percent year-on-year. The global rise is occurring alongside the growing U.S. crisis.

CNN

See inside the worst opioid addiction crisis in US history

TIME

People of color live with 66% more air pollution

People of color in the American north-east and mid-Atlantic are living with 66 percent more air pollution from vehicles than white residents are, according to a new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Zoo marks Pride month to honor gay penguins

The ZSL London Zoo is home to the famous gay penguin couple. To celebrate the pair and similar animal couples, the zoo is planning a celebration and will teach about gender, mating and same-sex animal pairings.

CNN

With ball gowns and dance, LGBTQ refugees in Kenya cast aside woes to celebrate

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Ireland, yielding to pressure, bans fur farming

Ireland is set to join a growing list of E.U. countries that have phased out fur farming, the practice of confining animals to tiny cages and gassing them to death for their pelts.

The Independent

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Sandberg donates $1M to Planned Parenthood

Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg is making a $1 million personal donation to Planned Parenthood, a decision motivated by “draconian” abortion laws passed by GOP legislators in Alabama, Georgia and Missouri.

Huffington Post

Roe Green makes a $14M donation for global health

Crain’s Cleaveland

NGO helps refugees integrate with gardening

Global Gardens, a program of the Idaho Office of Refugees, helps hundreds of refugees every day, become a part of their community by helping them find land, grow vegetables and sell them to the greater community.

Idaho News

ENVIRONMENT

Wimbledon will ditch plastic racket covers

The removal of plastic bags from the player racket stringing operation means there will be 4,500 fewer plastic bags used at this year’s championships, according to the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Guardian

More kids suing governments over climate

From Colombia to Pakistan to the Netherlands, kids are claiming a right to a clean environment by suing their governments, and sometimes winning, in what is fast becoming a global trend.

National Geographic

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Qatar invests an additional $3B in Pakistan

Qatar will make a further investment of $3 billion in Pakistan, bringing the Gulf state’s total Pakistani investment to $9 billion. The investment represents an endorsement of Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan.

Al Jazeera

UK paid black African World War veterans less

The Guardian and Al Jazeera reported that in the U.K., black African veterans of the second world war were paid a third as much as their white counterparts. Yet the government said it will not compensate them.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Women sell their fish at a market in Malawi in December 2007. Lake Malawi, Africa’s third largest lake, provides an economic lifeline to many fishing families. But overfishing is affecting many of these lives, with women being affected the most. According to a recent report in the NPR, if the supply of fish is low because of overfishing, several women may vie for a fisherman’s catch — and transactional sex may be used as a bargaining point. (Photo by Andrés Moreno) Photo used under CC BY

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